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KENNETH CHARLES CLIFTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 20, 1949 – February 4, 1969
Service recordKenneth Charles Clifton, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 55
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 55
- ANTHONY ADAMS BARBARINOSergeant First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH JOE DAVISSergeant · February 4, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT DURHAMPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEROY EATONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEROY EATONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 55
- STEPHEN CHRISTIAN WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 60
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.